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National Gallery Of Modern Art

Kumari Sonali

National Gallery Of Modern Art:

Prime Minister visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi for viewing the exhibition ‘Jana Shakti: A Collective Power’ which celebrates the artistic diversity of India and is inspired by the themes highlighted in Prime Minister’s popular radio programme Mann ki Baat.

  • The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is the premier art gallery which aims to acquire and preserve works of modern art from 1850s onward.
  • It is run and administered as a subordinate office to the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
  • Its collection includes works by artists such as Raja Ravi Verma, Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil as well as foreign artists like Thomas Daniell.
  • The main museum in New Delhi was established in 1954 by the Government of India.
  • NGMA has two other branches, one at Mumbai and another at Bangalore.

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